Verse 8

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: "Gå og let nøye etter barnet; og når dere har funnet det, gi meg beskjed igjen, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham."

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Han sendte dem deretter til Betlehem og sa: Gå og undersøk barnet nøye, og når dere har funnet det, så gi beskjed til meg, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• Norsk King James

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let grundig etter barnet; og når dere finner ham, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sendte han dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og undersøk nøye om barnet, og når dere finner det, meld det til meg, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet det, kom tilbake og gi meg beskjed, så at også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: "Gå og undersøk nøye etter barnet. Når dere har funnet det, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet. Når dere har funnet det, kom da tilbake og fortell meg det, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: 'Gå og let grundig etter det unge barnet; når dere har funnet ham, kom tilbake og meld fra til meg, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: «Dra avsted og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet ham, meld tilbake til meg, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham!»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: «Dra avsted og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet ham, meld tilbake til meg, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham!»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og finn nøye ut om barnet, og når dere har funnet det, bring meg melding, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe det.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too may go and worship Him.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Matthew.2.8", "source": "Καὶ πέμψας αὐτοὺς εἰς Βηθλεὲμ, εἶπεν, Πορευθέντες ἀκριβῶς ἐξετάσατε περὶ τοῦ παιδίου· ἐπὰν δὲ εὕρητε, ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι, ὅπως κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν προσκυνήσω αὐτῷ.", "text": "And *pempsas* them to *Bēthleem*, *eipen*, *Poreuthentes akribōs exetasate peri* the *paidiou*; *epan de heurēte*, *apangeilate moi*, *hopōs kagō elthōn proskynēsō autō*.", "grammar": { "*pempsas*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having sent", "*eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said", "*Poreuthentes*": "aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having gone", "*akribōs*": "adverb - carefully/exactly/diligently", "*exetasate*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - search/inquire", "*peri*": "preposition + genitive - concerning", "*paidiou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of child", "*epan*": "conjunction - when/as soon as", "*de*": "conjunction - and/but", "*heurēte*": "aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might find", "*apangeilate*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - report", "*moi*": "dative, 1st person singular - to me", "*hopōs*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*kagō*": "conjunction + pronoun - I also", "*elthōn*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having come", "*proskynēsō*": "aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might worship", "*autō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to him" }, "variants": { "*akribōs*": "carefully/exactly/diligently/precisely", "*exetasate*": "search out/inquire/investigate", "*paidiou*": "child/young child/infant", "*proskynēsō*": "worship/pay homage/bow down to" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og undersøk nøye om barnet, og når dere har funnet det, gi meg beskjed, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sendte dem til Bethlehem og sagde: Gaaer hen og udspørger nøie om Barnet; men naar I have fundet det, da forkynder mig det, at jeg og kan komme og tilbede det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Deretter sendte han dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet, og når dere har funnet ham, meld tilbake til meg, slik at jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sendte han dem til Betlehem og sa: "Gå og let nøye etter barnet! Når dere har funnet ham, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: 'Gå og undersøk nøye etter barnet, og når dere finner ham, gi meg beskjed, så også jeg kan komme og tilbe ham.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Gå og let nøye etter barnet. Og når dere har funnet ham, kom tilbake og fortell meg det, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han sendte dem til Betlehem og sa: Dra av sted og finn nøye ut hvor barnet er, og når dere har funnet ham, gi meg beskjed, så jeg også kan komme og tilbe ham.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and sent the to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dyligetly for ye chylde. And when ye have founde hym bringe me worde yt I maye come and worshippe hym also.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sent them to Bethleem, sainge: Go, and searche dyligently for the chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come and worshippe hym also.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and sayde: Go, and search diligently for the young childe, and when ye haue founde hym, bryng me worde agayne, that I may come, and worship hym also.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 23:22-23 : 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly. 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
• 2 Sam 15:7-9 : 7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray you, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. 8 For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall truly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. 9 And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose and went to Hebron. 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not anything. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
• 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
• 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
• 2 Kgs 10:18-19 : 18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be missing: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whoever is missing, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
• Ezra 4:1-2 : 1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel, 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.
• Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.
• Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
• Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
• Ps 55:11-15 : 11 Wickedness is in the midst of it; deceit and guile do not depart from its streets. 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden from him, 13 But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance. 14 We took sweet counsel together and walked to the house of God in company. 15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell, for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
• Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
• Prov 26:24-25 : 24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him; 25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
• Jer 41:5-7 : 5 That there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, with their beards shaved, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.
• Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not commanded it?
• Matt 26:48-49 : 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 49 And immediately he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
• Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be righteous men, that they might trap him in his words, so they could deliver him to the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you show favoritism, but teach the way of God truly:
• 1 Cor 3:19-20 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.